Y No Regresas Lyrics in English by Binomio de Oro de America
"Y No Regresas" is a vallenato about waiting for someone who is never coming back, and Binomio de Oro sing it like a man who has stopped pretending he is fine. He has spent three springs waiting: "En tres primaveras esperando y no regresas" (Three springs waiting and you don't come back). The days pass and the crying passes, but it all comes back every night: "Pasan los días y pasa el llanto, pero regresan con cada noche" (The days go by and the crying goes by, but they come back with every night).
The best detail is a handkerchief. He still keeps "aquel pañuelo con que una vez te sequé los ojos" (that handkerchief I once dried your eyes with), which says more about this guy than any big declaration. He even admits "es justo si me olvidaste" (it's fair if you forgot me), then refuses to do the same: he would forget her if he could, "pero yo quiero esperarte" (but I want to wait for you). The spoken names in between, like Simona Gallego, Silvia Juliana Mesa and the kids Cristian and Melisa, are classic vallenato saludos: shout-outs the singer drops in for friends and fans. They are not part of the story. Listen for "Es veneno esta soledad" (This loneliness is poison), a short line that is easy to learn and hard to forget.
